How to Use earworm in a Sentence

earworm

noun
  • Petras pulls her weight here as well, with her breathy vocals giving a classic Kylie vibe with the song’s earworm melody.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman sings and swings and is full of earworms.
    Scott Hocker, theweek, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Who knew the catchiest earworm of 2019 would come from a lute?
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2020
  • The catchy earworm is one of the most successful tracks of all time.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 5 May 2021
  • The song has all the classic hallmarks of a catchy kids' earworm.
    Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 7 Dec. 2020
  • One of the best ways to rid yourself of an earworm is to embrace it.
    Annie Lane, oregonlive, 25 Sep. 2021
  • A corn earworm is a moth that feeds on corn and other plants.
    Ajc Homepage, ajc, 25 Apr. 2017
  • The two paired together well, bringing a new vibe to the earworm of a song.
    Annie Nickoloff, cleveland, 10 July 2022
  • The harmonious, pop-funk earworms were butter against the heavy strain of the weights.
    Heidi Pérez-Moreno, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
  • So low-key that not even Ray Parker Jr.’s earworm of a song is used.
    Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2019
  • There’s a reason the Song of the Summer is a thing: This is peak earworm season.
    Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 1 July 2019
  • Yes, Tetris, the iconic puzzle video game with the earworm theme song.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 29 Mar. 2017
  • Yes, Tetris, the iconic puzzle video game with the earworm theme song.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 29 Mar. 2017
  • At the theme parks, a lot of the rides will load the hordes into boats that float through movie scenes or saddle you with an earworm.
    Jim Webster, Twin Cities, 29 June 2019
  • In this section, the band introduces a brand new section that's a bit of an earworm thanks to the na-nas in the track.
    Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 21 Aug. 2020
  • The 'Vogue' Video The song is an earworm and the video iconic: everyone was doing the Vogue after the 1990 hit dropped.
    Jeff Nelson, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
  • The sound is addictive—a sweet earworm with a come-hither twang.
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Service, style, that pop-mashup earworm of a safety video.
    Andrew Sessa, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2017
  • With close to half of the tour wrapped up, Faiyaz plans to lock back in the studio and unleash more earworms for his eager devotees.
    Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Jepsen sang the global earworm while bathed in pink lights as the crowd yelled the words back to her in what seemed like a valiant attempt to ward off the Sunday Scaries.
    Teta Alim, Washington Post, 22 July 2019
  • The earworm tunes and weird lyrics through which the adult Townshend processed that trauma make the show moving when offered at the right scale.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Each new iteration of the meme helps the earworm grow inside your head.
    Cameron Hickey, Wired, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The show’s iconic theme song — an earworm if there ever were one — has never left my brain.
    Eliot Glazer, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The appeal is easy to see: Onstage and on record, there’s an infectious bravado and retro cool to go with the slinky grooves and earworm hooks.
    Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2024
  • With Nick and Joe trading vocals and a theater full of Jonatics gleefully singing along, the earworm went all the way to the rafters.
    Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Sinking into your thoughts like the best earworm, Crazy in Love will stay with you long after its fades from your pulse points.
    Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The vocals are top-notch, nailing the licks and earworm choruses of the soundtrack stacked with hits from top to bottom.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Likewise, when Walker Hayes played his earworm Fancy Like, lyrics from the song ran across the banners.
    Mark Gray, PEOPLE.com, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The vocals and guitars blast with the energy of a band trying to cram 40 minutes of earworms into half the time.
    Pitchfork, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Prepare to have a soulful and scat-tastic earworm playing in your head all day, TV fans.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2022

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